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BUDWEISER / BOSTON PIZZA® BLUE JAYS™ VIP CONTEST

(the “Contest”)

OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

(the “Official Rules”)

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE

YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1) ADMINISTRATION: The Contest is sponsored, administered and operated jointly by the

following entities (collectively, the “Contest Operators”): Boston Pizza International Inc., 1 City

Centre Drive, Suite 708, Mississauga, Ontario L5B 1M2, all Boston Pizza outlets in the province

of Ontario (the “Participating Boston Pizza Outlets”), and Labatt Breweries of Canada LP, 207

Queens Quay West, Suite 299, Toronto, Ontario M5J 1A7. The decisions of the Contest

Operators are final and binding in all matters as they relate to the Contest, including without

limitation eligibility and/or disqualification of entries. Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership

(“RBJBP”), owner of the Toronto Blue Jays™ Major League Baseball team (the “Team”), is

only a prize supplier in this Contest and neither Team nor the other MLB Entities are responsible

for the operation or administration of the Contest.

2) ELIGIBILITY:

(a) The Contest is open only to residents of Ontario who are at least nineteen (19) years of age

as of July 20, 2015.

(b) The following individuals and their household members (whether or not related) are not

eligible to enter the Contest: employees, officers, directors, trustees, shareholders, agents,

representatives, successors and assigns of each of (i) the Contest Operators, (ii) any

franchisee of Boston Pizza Canada Limited Partnership, (ii) RBJBP, (iii) the other MLB

Entities (defined below), (iv) each of their respective parents, affiliated companies, and

subsidiaries, and (v) any and all other companies associated with the Contest. The “MLB

Entities” shall mean the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball (the “BOC”), its Bureaus,

Committees, Subcommittees and Councils, MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (“MLBAM” or

“MLB.com”), Major League Baseball Enterprises, Inc., Major League Baseball Properties,

Inc., The MLB Network, LLC, the Major League Baseball Clubs (the “Clubs”), each of their

parent, subsidiary, affiliated and related entities, any entity which, now or in the future,

controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Clubs or the BOC, and the

owners, general and limited partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents

of the foregoing entities.

(c) The Contest Operators and RBJBP shall have the right at any time to require proof of

identity and/or eligibility to enter the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in

disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied for the

purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. The

Contest Operators and RBJBP reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any

entrant should such an entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or

misleading personal details and/or information.

3) HOW TO ENTER:

(a) The Contest entry period (the “Entry Period”) begins at approximately 11:00 a.m. Eastern

Time (“ET”) on July 20, 2015 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on August 16, 2015.

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(b) Limit of one (1) entry per person per day during the Entry Period, regardless of the method

of entry. In the case of multiple entries received in respect of any given day during the Entry

Period, only the first eligible entry received on that date will be considered. By way of

illustration, if one (1) otherwise eligible person submits entry ballots at multiple Participating

Boston Pizza Outlets on the same day during the Entry Period, only the first eligible entry

received by the Contest Operators will be considered. All entry ballots become the property

of the Contest Operators and will not be returned.

(c) There are two (2) ways to enter, as set out below:

(i) Entry with purchase: During the Entry Period, visit any Participating Boston Pizza

Outlet and obtain an entry ballot from your server with the purchase of a 473 mL can,

a 341 mL bottle, a 20 oz or a 21 oz (also known as a “Boston pint size”) glass of

Budweiser-branded beer. Complete the entry ballot in full and submit the fully

completed entry ballot to a server at the applicable Participating Boston Pizza Outlet

during the Entry Period for one (1) entry into the Contest.

OR

(ii) No purchase entry: During the Entry Period, ask a server at any Participating

Boston Pizza Outlet for an entry ballot, complete the entry ballot in full and submit

the fully completed entry ballot to a server at any Participating Boston Pizza Outlet

during the Entry Period for one (1) entry into the Contest. No purchase is necessary

in order to obtain or submit an entry ballot.

(d) Personal information collected during the administration of the Contest, or during any part of the

Contest, will only be used in conjunction with executing the terms of the Contest as described in

these Official Rules. All information submitted by entrants is being collected by the Contest

Operators and will be treated by the Contest Operators in accordance with their respective privacy

policies available at http://bostonpizza.com/en/legal/privacy/ and

http://www.labatt.com/legal/lbc_eng_privacy.htm. Information submitted by entrants will also be

provided to RBJBP and treated in accordance with RBJBP’s Privacy Policy, available at

www.bluejays.com/privacy. The Contest Operators’ and RBJBP’s treatment of information is

subject to each entrant’s stated preferences from time to time.

4) PRIZE DESCRIPTION:

Thirty (30) eligible entrants will each win one (1) prize consisting of:

(a) two (2) tickets to a luxury suite in Rogers Centre™ stadium (the “Stadium”) for the Team’s

regular season home game scheduled to be played on September 4, 2015 (the “Game”) for

use by the winner and one (1) guest who is at least nineteen (19) years of age as of

September 4, 2015 (the “Guest”);

(b) opportunity for the winner to participate in group baseball skills instruction with other

Contest winners, such instruction to be provided by Team coaches on-field at the Stadium

between 8:30 a.m. ET and 11:00 a.m. ET on September 4, 2015 (the “Activity”);

(c) one (1) hotel room (standard double occupancy) for two (2) nights (specifically, September

3, 2015, and September 4, 2015) in Toronto, Ontario at a hotel to be determined by the

Contest Operators in their absolute discretion;

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(d) opportunity for the winner and his/her Guest to meet a Team alumnus prior to the start of the

Game, such alumnus to be selected by RBJBP in its sole discretion, subject to availability;

(e) two (2) Team-branded “replica” jerseys; and

(f) two (2) Team-branded baseball caps.

The estimated retail value of each prize is CDN $1,200.

5) PRIZE CONDITIONS:

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each winner must be available to attend the

Game and the Activity. Should a winner be unable to attend the Game and/or the Activity,

the prize will be forfeited in its entirety and may be awarded to an alternate winner in

accordance with these Official Rules.

(b) Any and all Contest prizes must be accepted as awarded and may not be transferred,

assigned, or redeemed for cash except at the Contest Operators’ absolute discretion. The

Contest Operators and/or RBJBP, as applicable, reserve the right to substitute any prize (or

portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value at its absolute discretion, for

whatever the reason. Prizes may not be exactly as advertised, and except as expressly

warranted herein, any prize is provided “as is” without further warranty of any kind.

(c) All prize details, including, without limitation, the Activity and alumnus meet and greet, will

be determined in the absolute discretion of the Contest Operators and/or RBJBP, as

applicable. Some restrictions may apply. Any unused portion of the prize will be forfeited.

(d) Any and all additional costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not

specified herein as being provided, including but not limited to transportation and/or travel

costs (including transportation to/from the Activity and transportation to/from the Game),

taxes, meals, gratuities and other expenses incurred by a winner (and his/her Guest) in

claiming, accepting and/or using the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.

(e) Major League Baseball game, event and exhibition dates and times are determined in the

sole discretion of the BOC and/or RBJBP, as applicable, and may be subject to change. The

terms and conditions of the Game tickets awarded as part of each prize will govern in the

event a legal game, event or exhibition, as defined by Major League Baseball, is not played

due to weather conditions, an act of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance or any other

reason. Each winner, on his/her own behalf and on behalf of his/her Guest, agrees to comply

with all applicable stadium regulations in connection with the prize. The applicable MLB

Entities reserve the right to remove or to deny entry to any winner and/or Guest who engages

in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or

harass any other person at the game, event or exhibition. The Released Parties (defined

below) will not be responsible for acts of God, acts of terrorism, civil disturbances, work

stoppages or any other natural disaster outside their control that may cause the cancellation

or postponement of any Major League Baseball game, event or exhibition. Major League

Baseball game, event and exhibition tickets awarded as part of the/each prize may not be

resold or offered for resale. Any such resale may result in disqualification and prize

forfeiture, and may invalidate the licence granted by the game, event or exhibition tickets.

(f) Each winner must comply with all applicable policies and regulations relating to the

Activity, as determined in the absolute discretion of RBJBP. Without limiting the generality

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of the foregoing, each winner will be required to sign an on-field liability waiver before

participating in the Activity.

6) RANDOM DRAW:

(a) At approximately 11:00 a.m. ET on August 21, 2015, at 1 City Centre Drive, Suite 708,

Mississauga, Ontario, a representative of the Contest Operators will select by random draw

thirty (30) potential winners from among all eligible entries received.

(b) Within two (2) business days of the draw, each potential winner will be notified by a

representative of the Contest Operators by telephone and/or email at the telephone number or

email address, as applicable, indicated in his/her entry. In the event that any potential winner

does not respond to such notification within one (1) business day, incorrectly answers the

skill testing question (described in more detail below), as determined by the Contest

Operators, or declines a prize for any reason, he/she will be disqualified, the prize will be

forfeited and, at the Contest Operators’ absolute discretion and time permitting, an alternate

potential winner may be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries.

(c) There is a limit of one (1) prize per person in this Contest. Odds of winning a prize depend

on the number of eligible entries received.

7) DECLARING A WINNER:

(a) To be declared a winner and claim the prize awarded, each potential winner must (i) be

eligible according to these Official Rules, (ii) correctly answer, without assistance of any

kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time limited mathematical skill testing question

which will be administered by telephone at a mutually agreeable time, and (iii) sign a duly

completed Liability and, except where prohibited by law, Publicity Release form, and any

other documentation as may reasonably be required by the Contest Operators and/or RBJBP,

and return same to the Contest Operators (or if directed, RBJBP) by the date specified on the

applicable documentation.

(b) If all required documents are not properly executed and returned within the specified period

of time, or a potential winner otherwise fails to comply with these Official Rules, a

disqualification will result and the prize will be forfeited and, at the Contest Operators’

absolute discretion and time permitting, an alternate potential winner may be randomly

selected from among all remaining eligible entries. Refusal to accept such documents or

return of such documents as non-deliverable or a potential winner’s noncompliance with

these Official Rules will also result in disqualification and, at the Contest Operators’ absolute

discretion and time permitting, may cause an alternate potential winner to be chosen from

among all remaining eligible entries. Each winner’s Guest must also sign a duly completed

Liability and, except where prohibited by law, Publicity Release form and return same to the

Contest Operators (or, if directed, RBJBP) by the date specified in order to participate in the

prize.

(c) Each prize will be distributed on or before the date of the Game, provided the winner has

fulfilled the foregoing requirements.

8) WAIVER OF LIABILITY / PUBLICITY RELEASE:

(a) By participating in the Contest and submitting an entry, each entrant (i) agrees to be bound

by these Official Rules, including all entry requirements, (ii) agrees that the decisions of the

Contest Operators and RBJBP are final and without appeal, (iii) remises, releases and forever

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discharges the Contest Operators, RBJBP, the other MLB Entities, each of their respective

parents, affiliated companies and subsidiaries, any and all other companies associated with

the Contest (including prize suppliers and suppliers of materials or services related to the

Contest), and all of their respective employees, directors, officers, shareholders, agents,

representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”), Instagram,

Inc. (“Instagram”), and Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) from any and all actions, causes of

actions, suits, debts, dues, accounts, claims, damages, liability, losses, harm, costs or

expenses, including without limitation any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage

of any kind to the entrant or any other person, including personal injury, death, or property

damage, arising out of, or in any way related to, directly or indirectly, the Contest, including

without limitation the entrant’s participation in the Contest, any breach of these Official

Rules, the awarding, receipt, possession, use and/or misuse of any Contest prize (or any

portion thereof), and any travel or activity that is related to the receipt or use of any Contest

prize, and/or the violation or infringement of any intellectual property rights or of any

publicity, personality or privacy rights, and agrees to fully indemnify the Released Parties,

Instagram and Facebook from any and all claims by third parties relating to the foregoing.

(b) By accepting a prize, each winner authorizes the Contest Operators, RBJBP, MLBAM, the

other MLB Entities and each of their respective designees to use in any related publicity,

such winner’s name, city and province/territory of residence, photograph, image, likeness,

voice, and any statements he/she may make regarding such prize for advertising and

promotional purposes worldwide in perpetuity and in any form of media now or hereafter

devised worldwide (including the Internet), without limitation and without additional

compensation or consideration, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law; and

waives any rights that may exist in respect of materials produced pursuant to the foregoing.

9) GENERAL CONTEST TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

(a) The Released Parties are not responsible for (i) stolen, late, incomplete, illegible, inaccurate,

misdirected, lost, misrouted, scrambled, damaged, delayed, undelivered, mutilated, postage-

due or garbled entries, transmissions, email or mail; (ii) lost, interrupted or unavailable

network, cable, satellite, server, Internet Service Provider, website, or other connections

including those through and/or by any website; (iii) availability or accessibility or

miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone, cable transmissions, lines, or

technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer

hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (iv) failures or malfunctions of

phones, phone lines or telephone systems, (v) any error, omission, interruption, defect or

delay in transmission, processing, or communication; (vi) non-delivery of any

communication or entry; (vii) misdirected, blocked, or delayed email notifications; (viii)

printing, typographical or other errors appearing within these Official Rules, in any Contest-

related advertisements or other materials; (ix) any other errors, problems or difficulties of

any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, network, computer, telephone, mail,

typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Contest, including,

without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the

administration of the Contest, the processing of entries, the announcement of any prize in

any Contest-related materials, or the cancellation or postponement of any Major League

Baseball game, event or exhibition, (x) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether

caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming

associated with or utilized in the Contest; or (xi) any injury or damage to the computer of

any entrant or other person related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or

downloading materials from or use of any website.

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(b) Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Contest or website or attempt to

undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, deception or other unfair

playing practices, or intend to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrant or any of the

Contest Operators’ or RBJBP’s representatives or who are in violation of these Official

Rules, as solely determined by the Contest Operators, will be disqualified and all associated

entries will be void. Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this

Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action by the Contest Operators, RBJBP, MLBAM

and/or their respective agents. The Contest Operators and RBJBP shall have the sole right to

disqualify any entrant for violation of these Official Rules or any applicable laws relating to

the Contest, and to resolve all disputes in their absolute discretion. The Released Parties (i)

make no warranty, guaranty or representation of any kind concerning any prize, and (ii)

disclaim any implied warranty. The failure of the Contest Operators, RBJBP or MLBAM to

enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. All

disputes will be resolved in the Province of Ontario under applicable Ontario and Federal

laws.

(c) The Contest Operators, RBJBP and MLBAM reserve the right, in their absolute discretion, to

cancel, suspend or otherwise modify the Contest (or any portion thereof) and/or to amend

these Official Rules at any time and in any way, without prior notice, for any reason,

including, but not limited to incidents where a virus, bug, unauthorized human intervention,

or other causes corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper operation of

the Contest (or any portion thereof). In the event of cancellation, the Contest Operators may

elect to identify winners and award the prizes by way of random drawing from among all

non-suspect, eligible entries received up to the time of such cancellation.

(d) CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE

ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST OR UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR

LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF

CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE,

THE CONTEST OPERATORS WILL DISQUALIFY ANY ENTRANT

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT, AND THE CONTEST OPERATORS, RBJBP,

MLBAM AND/OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO

SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING LEGAL FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM

ANY PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST

EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

(e) All entry data provided in connection with this Contest is provided to the Contest Operators

and not to Instagram or Facebook. This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or

administered by, or associated with, Instagram or Facebook. Any questions, comments or

complaints regarding the Contest should be directed to the Contest Operators and not to

Instagram or Facebook.

(f) The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws, rules and

regulations.

Boston Pizza is a registered trademark of Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership, used under license.

™ TORONTO BLUE JAYS and related marks and designs are trademarks and/or copyright of RBJBP. All

other Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are proprietary to the applicable MLB Entities.

™ ROGERS CENTRE is a trademark of Rogers Communications Inc., used under licence. All rights

reserved.

© 2015 RBJBP